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Aging in America : A Cultural History / Lawrence R. Samuel.

De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Samuel, Lawrence R., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aging--United States--History--20th century.
Aging.
Aging--United States--History--21st century.
Aging--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Aging--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.
Population aging--United States--History--20th century.
Population aging.
Population aging--United States--History--21st century.
Older people--United States--History--20th century.
Older people.
Older people--United States--History--21st century.
United States.
Genre:
History
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (157 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
Aging in America traces the story of aging over the course of the last half century, demonstrating our culture's negative attitudes toward a natural and inevitable human process and offering a deep understanding of the subject's past in order to help anticipate its future.
Contents:
Old in the Country of the Young
The De-Aging of America
The Aging of Aquarius
The Perpetual Adolescent
The Silver Tsunami
Raging Against Aging.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)
ISBN:
9780812293654
0812293657
OCLC:
972292173

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